Surprisingly, Ball Watch Co. is about to release a relatively straight-forward and simple watch. I am a big fan of the brand, but lately their new watches have been getting functionally (and cosmetically) more and more complex. I always have appreciated their simple masculine looks that weren't trying to hard to be something they were not.

The beautiful number fonts remain, but with the 126 you have more of them. The Geneva 123 have the 12, 3, and 9, while the Genevea 126 clearly has more numbers displayed. The 126 trades off some of the attractive symmetry of the 123 for a more masculine military look. This watch really is a combination of classic military watch design and old world formality. Size is a conservative 39mm but they wear large given the thin bezel.

The Temption Cameo and Fortis Square are both (approximately) 39mm wide and high - steel - square-cased watches with round dials. Each primarily arrives with dark brown leather straps, and have dark against white colored faces. Each has a shaped rear on the watch case to better fit to your wrist. Each contains a Swiss ETA automatic mechanical movement with a sapphire crystal caseback window (an ETA 2892-2 in the Cameo, and an ETA 2836-2 in the Square, though a chronograph or GMT version of the Square is also available with other movements). Both have a retail price between ,500- ,000. Both are functionality focused with a stylistic edge. In my book that makes these two watches competitors.

Watch marketing really stresses how old a brand is, and how much the brand has accomplished over the years. Here is how it tends to go; "We've been making watches since pre-history starting with movements carefully constructed with the bones of small mammals. Homo Erectus preferred our watches to simply staring at the sky as it was more accurate and made them feel better than other foraging creatures. Our logo is based on the original cave paintings used to identify our skilled trade, from those non-skilled trades such as club making."

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aBlogtoRead: LUM-TEC fans and customers might be die-hard watch enthusiasts, but the majority of them aren't professional designers. What is your advice to them when presenting ideas to LUM-TEC (or any watch company for that matter) so that their thoughts will be sufficiently visualized?

Nautica is purely a lower-end fashion watch. Having said that, I can still appreciate a decent looking release from them. The vast majority of their watches are between 0-0. They don't do much in terms of original designs, but rather pick and choose from what they feel are copyable looks. I don't have a problem with this as you can get an emulated designer look, on the cheap.

The phone is also a "world phone," and pretty flexible. With quad-band GSM and WCDMA (world CDMA), this phone should work on just about every network or carrier; great so that you can appear in absolute fashion disarray from the cities of Africa to the suburbs of Korea. This item represents one of the few hybrid GSM/CDMA phones out there, and you'll certainly be paying for it...in money and dignity. The phone also has 3G connection. Otherwise the operating system seems to be some Symbian derivative. Nokia's Symbian OS is a really functional and flexible OS, but the version in this phone just seems totally outdated from a UI standpoint. Further, the mediocre small screen (two inches) is probably not the best to look at, but adequate. Inside it has enough stuff to offer decent functionality. Nothing better than a decent free phone from your local carrier.

While, for the most part, the Bell-Matic may not be considered rare it is difficult to find one in decent enough condition that warrants the time and expense to restore it. A good percentage of the Bell-Matics I see have rusted cases and/or rusted movements and since parts for these watches can be difficult if not impossible to find it's always best to start with one in good condition. Also, not all watch makers will work on them.

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Two major elements of the Ball Engineer Master II Aviator GMT that separate it from different aviator watches are the inclusion of the micro gas tubes and the large red GMT hand. As you likely know, the gas tubes are filled with a harmless (more or less) radioactive compound that is a light source that will last for about 35 years. This way you don't need to "charge" the luminant. Needless to say that Ball watches all have this feature, and are very well suited to night or low light viewing. The Large red 24 hour hand rides along a dedicate dial making it easy to identify the 24 time. For some reason, I feel as though the watch hands are all a bit short, but this is not likely to be an issue for most people.

Vacheron Constantin prides themselves on the special mechanical movement used to power these unorthodox timepieces. It is an in-house automatic movement ref. 1126AT. When the image on a watch face is paramount to telling the time, the method used to tell the time needs to be innovative and not detracting to the art displayed on the dial. Thus, Vacheron Constantin uses a special disk method to display the time on the bottom of the watch. Through a opening between the layers, a number (indicating the hour) pops out and moves across the bottom from 0 - 60. Following the progress of the hour number, you can roughly figure out what time it is. Not with particular precision, but these aren't exactly instrument watches either. I must admit that while I don't find the method of displaying the time to be particularly attractive, it is a simple and effective means of getting the job done.

The T-Touch Expert has a few notable improvements over the original T-Touch. It is bigger, has a slightly refined case and face, a larger LCD screen, and adds some extra functionality while smoothing out operation overall. I’ll start with look at the watch first.

When I first saw the scaly bracelet of this watch, I instantly thought about Aquaman, the orange scale shirted, underwater comic book (hero?) character who "speaks with fishes." He probably sleeps with the fishes too. The pictured watches from from the Spirit of the Dragon collection from watch maker Veni Vidi Vici, whose goal is to recreate the romance of the Roman empire - in watch form. This aesthetic is a bit better represented in some of their other watches.

There you have the definitive guide to luxury watch sales. Follow these simple rules and you'll blend in with the rest immediately. Just be prepared for massive sales orders if you follow these guidelines too closely. You'll notice a lot of variety in the "messaging" approaches taken by watch makers, dealers, and marketers. No matter what you experience, something they do will make you question the tactics, and force you to consider the motivations behind their actions. Nevertheless, I still love the framed product; the watches.

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Well, Marc has taken a completely new direction with the new Solaris lines of watch. Not only is the shape of the watch case square, but the overall theme of the watch is totally different. Rather than a soft futuristic look, the Solaris watches are retro chic. The case itself looks like an appliance dreamed up in pre-space age 1950's and 60s, but with cleaners lines. Maybe what art deco might have evolved into if industrial design took a different path in the middle of the 20th century.

The case and bezel have always been the star of the show to me. They are equally well done here with the many screws and "plate" effect. Relief numerals on the bezel look crisp and nice to the touch. Always riding on the tail of the Rolex Yachtmaster. I really just want to take the bezel for a "test spin." Honestly, I don't even really care about Hermes as a fashion maker. Granted, they aren't exactly focused on the male market that much, with their scarves and all, but the new Clipper Diver 200m is proof that they can make a well balanced men's watch that combines sportiness and style well.

The Thomas Prescher Tempusvivendi series is based on a double retrograde movement meant to display the hours and minutes through two moving hands. The movement is an automatic mechanical movement with a 40 hour power reserve and a special push button on the crown. Pushing the button returns the hands to the position in the pictures. This is the "resting" or non-temporal position of the watch hands. This so you can see the American Eagle in its more regal of states. Pushing the button again returns the hands to a temporal position so that you can view the time. Thus, you have these two moves of operation at your disposal.

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Perhaps I should find a couple of Jaeger LeCoultre sales people and ask them what makes their watches "real?" Those would be some interesting answers, lathered with a thick coating of, "who are you to ask" and a layer of "if you have enough money to buy one of these watches you really shouldn't care." Ahh...sales...

Like pocket watches, a phone sits in your pocket, purse, bag, or coat. You need to fetch it, and operate it to view the time. The actions, and time necessary, including the amount of hand usage is similar to that once required to view time with a pocket watch. Thus, I am can easily edict, that the pocket watch is all but back.

Carl F. Bucherer worked with Techniques Horlogères Appliquées (THA) based in Sainte-Croix to develop the movement. Inside are 29 Jewels with a 55 hour power reserve, with 30mm wide by 4.8mm high dimensions. While the movement looks very modern, most of the components are pretty standard high grade quality, so nothing worth mentioning that is special in that department. I am a bit disappointed that the movement only beats at 21,600 bph, which is relatively low as most high-end movements beat at 28,000 bph. This might have to do with the new shock absorption system.